The aim of circumcision of man in Islam firstly is to distinguish between Muslim man and others; this is an important sign to know someone’s religion after his death. If he is circumcised, then he is a Muslim so Muslims carry out washing him, shrouding him, perform prayers upon him and burying him in Muslims’ graves. Circumcision preserves his rights as a Muslim after his death; this happens mostly during accidents and wars so they know the religion by circumcision.
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Secondly, the prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said that the description of the people of paradise where we all hope to go, is that they are circumcised, so circumcision is a glad tiding that a Muslim will go to paradise.**
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Thirdly, modern medicine also mentioned the medical benefits for circumcision for men; they said that viruses, microbes and germs collect around the foreskin which is cut and this lead to infection and diseases like cancer, so some European countries tend to men circumcision lately after realizing the medical benefits.**
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Firstly that the circumcision is not only in Islam but other Ibrahamic religions also follow it, therefore it is not restricted to Islam. Although some Christians do not follow it. Here is an extract from WHO site on the importance and push for it.**
"The trials being carried out in Kisumu, Kenya, and Rakai District, Uganda revealed at least a 53% and 51% reduction in risk of acquiring HIV infection, respectively iv, . These results support findings published in 2005 from the South Africa Orange Farm Intervention Trial, sponsored by the French National Agency for Research on AIDS, which demonstrated at least a 60% reduction in HIV infection among men who were circumcised.**WHO and UNAIDS convened an international consultation to review the results of the three randomised controlled trials and other evidence on male circumcision and HIV prevention, to discuss the policy and programme implications, and to make recommendations regarding public health issues."
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Peace hassanelagouz,
When you quote saying of Prophet Muhammad 
you must provide the reference of the narration i.e., hadith/book name, hadith/book number and narrated from/to etc., otherwise your comments will be edited.
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So, what is the aim of male circumcision in Islam?
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:smack: why did you copy and paste your own thread from 6 month ago to start a new one
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/religion-and-philosophy/645792-what-is-the-aim-of-circumcision-of-men-in-islam.html
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Chaska. Old thread went dead.
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I think he’s taking our exam that if we remembered or not. 
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taharat..
ask any non-muslim friend to use brick ..you will get the answer…
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Is there evidence that ‘unclean’ uncircumcised men face more hygiene related health problems?
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I think it has to do with our hygiene. It is Sunnah as i was told bachpan main.
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i was talking about taharat by using piece of a brick btw..
not sure about hygiene related health problems of uncircumcised men but circumcision have its own benefits..
Male circumcision and penile cancer: a systematic review and ****-a… - PubMed - NCBI
Male Circumcision Cuts Women
WHO | Male circumcision for HIV prevention
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Thanks.
Now this question is more of philosophical one 
I am asking just because I have been asked this question but do not have enough knowledge to answer properly.
We have been told that God says that He created man “in best form”, “in best image”, “best of all living things”, etc.
Now if foreskin is bad, why did God create it for ALL men? Some men are good, some are bad, some are saints and some are evil. That’s human nature and can be accepted that God created a balance. But a piece of skin that is supposedly bad for all humans?
Also, for a long time in Human history, men did not have tools to get rid of foreskin. Were they all doomed to bad health and diseases because of that?
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It is not about peice of skin. It is what it may cause disease. Since it is sunnah..we should follow it.
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i will try to answer but i am not sure if that will be sufficient answer.
As mentioned in hadees circumcision is for taharat.as we are ordered to remove bodily hairs we are also asked to remove foreskin.while removing bodily hairs is must for prayers but not same with foreskin.removing foreskin is not farz but circumcision is sunnah which is practiced by all muslims.
BTW few men are born without foreskin.. Aposthia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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But why did god gave foreskin if he wanted men to remove them.
It seems pretty torturing to me.
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Maybe just like body hair?
Body biologically goes through many changes and maybe there’s a time when something is no longer useful or needed which was before?
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For cleanliness mainly.
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In most developed nations, such as Norway, Denmark, England, Germany etc, most males get through life just fine, without being circumcised. Of course we must dare to ask whether ritual circumcision of male infants is necessary, considering the risk of ruining the life of said infant, if complications arise. Some infants have even died.
According to a hadith, Abraham circumcised himself with an Adze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia when he was 80 years old. Some will claim the hadith is false, some will say its true. As is the norm with religious scriptures, there will be varying interpretations. I don’t know the reason why he did that, but pretty sure he was commanded by god to carry out the act.
Regardless of the veracity of the hadith, there is no need for circumcision from a medical point of view, in developed nations. If there were, those nations would make measures to implement circumcision as a norm.
Good question. Especially considering how complications will more likely than not, result in ruined life for the male infant. But hey, believing in Ganesha is crazy, putting your child’s life at risk, because you believe god commanded you to do so, is not.
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Peace the kaur,
Your question is like “God given us nails, they grow then why we have to trim them to look in perfect shape”. Well, God made us all in a standard shape and then ordered us to clean / take care of certain parts of the body which in Islam known as “Fitra”. Other meaning of “Fitra” can be taken as submission to the will of God even if we’re able to understand the reason or wisdom behind it or not.
Peace Balthier,
Another reason could be that previous generation had more life span comparing with today’s life span. I read that Prophet Ibrahim a.s., lived for Hundred and Seventy-Five years (approx). No wonder at age 80, it could be the right time for do so.
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But nails are found in both gender, penis is not.
But your last sentence define the wisdom.
Believing in any god, be it Ganesha or anyother mysterious entity is crazy.
if believing in Ganesha is crazy so is putting your child’s life at risk, because you believe god commanded you to do so is definately crazy IMHO.